Dead or Alive: A heart-pounding assassination thriller with a shocking twist (Eliot Locke Thrillers Book 1) by Dean Carson

Author:Dean Carson [Carson, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapere Books
Published: 2020-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

I felt a bit self-conscious in my priestly robes and noticed as I walked down the busy streets near the town centre that drunks seemed to straighten up as I passed, and couples on romantic walks still held hands but left a little gap between them, space for the holy spirit. I nodded at a few people, but quickly realised this was not needed or expected. So I kept my head high and walked as if I owned the streets.

I passed out of the centre quickly, and once I was in the residential part of town I met fewer and fewer people. My progress was swift. It was not long after ten when I reached the address La Donna had given me. It was a quiet and affluent street, and the houses were all detached, with their own gardens. Whoever lived on this street was doing well. It smelt of money and was completely deserted.

Still, I took precautions. I walked past the house without a glance. Peripheral vision showed me everything I needed to know. No lights on at the front, but some light spilling out around the side, meaning there was a window or more light up at the rear of the house. A small gate, a low fence and a few bushes in the garden. Not much cover, but a little. I walked on.

At the end of the street I turned a corner and found myself walking alongside a high wall. Trees lined the edge of the pavement. I paused and looked around. Like the other street, it was completely deserted so I took a moment to remove the bright white alb and the stole, bundling them up and putting them under my arm. White stands out in the dark like a target painted on your back. I turned and walked back towards the house.

All my senses were on alert. I heard nothing. I saw nothing. I felt nothing. I scanned the windows of nearby houses. No one was looking out. As I reached Paulina’s house I placed one hand on the wall and quickly vaulted over, dropping on the ground on the other side. There was a crunch of gravel but no other sound. In the silence the crunch sounded like a jet taking off, but as I lay there no lights came on. I had not been spotted. So I stood cautiously and stowed the clerical robes between one of the bushes and the wall. Then I walked quickly to the house and slipped around the side. There were no lights on in the front and no sound of television or music, so it was safe to assume that half of the house was safe. I had to know about the back.

I turned the corner carefully. Light spilled out of a big window into the small garden. Light, but no sound. So I approached cautiously and peered in quickly. I was looking at the kitchen, and it was empty. I examined it more carefully. Nothing but a modern kitchen and a door leading out of it.

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